Mosaic

Mosaic is a story of exploration and self-identification, of grief, relationships, tackling mental health, and how to walk through difficult times when there is nowhere else to go. The story follows Laura, who along with her husband Jason, embarked on having a baby, only to go on a journey that spanned over five years. Over this time, Laura learned the hard truth about pregnancy loss, the medical field, and how to negotiate unforeseen difficulties. She persevered through four high-risk pregnancies, with the last one being a pregnancy more successful than the rest. Yet, it posed many tribulations, launching Laura and her husband into the world of an unpredictable birth, fetal abnormalities, their premature baby, the NICU, and breath-holding. Through the story, the book delves into grief and resilience, and how they work together to get Laura through a difficult time in her life. It shows how relying on her own mother also taught her how to enter motherhood for herself, no matter at what stage she considered herself to be a "mother." Mosaic explores how to use challenges to change us into better versions of ourselves.

Author: Laura Gaddis
Publisher: Unsolicited Press
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9781956692914

About the Author
Gaddis, Laura: - Laura Gaddis is a writer, book coach, and educator living in Oxford, Ohio. With a former career in clinical psychology, and more recently earning her MFA in creative writing from the Miami University (of Ohio), she is interested in writing about the human condition, whether it be her own or that of others. Laura writes fiction and nonfiction that centers around the idea that through storytelling we can connect humanity on profound levels, elevating us to be better for ourselves and for each other. Her writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and she has publications in literary nonfiction, poetry, and humor fiction in Thin Air Magazine, The Avalon Literary Review, Adelaide Literary Magazine, Ligeia Magazine, Pif Magazine, Vita Brevis Press, Kitchen Sink Magazine, The Dillydoun Review, Evening Street Review, 805 Lit + Art, Stonecoast Review, The Weekly Humorist. Additionally, she has published articles on parenting and mental health on the popular websites Scary Mommy, Tiny Buddha, and The Mighty. Laura resides in Oxford, OH with her husband, daughter, and pug Rocky.